The Department of Homeland Security has selected eight companies to further develop smart cities prototype technologies for the commercial marketplace under the second phase of its Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Smart Cities Internet of […]
Solid-state battery technology company Ilika PLC has entered into a demonstration project to deploy its Stereax M250 batteries to power an autonomous wireless sensor for environmental sensing and asset tracking. Ilika will be collaborating with […]
Volkswagen is preparing its mobile quick charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) for a pilot scheme to debut in the first half of 2019. The goal is to be able to use the stations in […]
The Arizona Corporation Commission’s regulators recently approved a new statewide policy on electric-vehicle infrastructure that urges state-regulated utilities to help speed the rollout of electric vehicles by offering special rates for EV charging and supporting […]
Dubai Municipality recently launched a smart training center that provides hands-on training in urban planning and building supervision and control using the Virtual Reality (VR) Environment. The Smart Training Hub, supervised by the municipality’s Geographic […]
An 18-month Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) has been signed between Sandia National Laboratories and Emera Technologies of Canada. Sandia and Emera Technologies will work on making clean, community-scale direct current microgrids mainstream. “Alternating […]
Garda, the police service of the Republic of Ireland, specialist response units, the National Ambulance Service, the Defense Forces, the Dublin Fire Brigade, and 50 actors recently held a major emergency training exercise simulating a […]
The nonprofit Direct Relief’s pharmaceutical warehouse in Santa Barbara, California now has a solar-powered microgrid, equipped with a Tesla battery and software. There are 999 solar panels on the roof which will help keep the […]
In 2013, the African country of Rwanda reported that only between 5 – 20% of its population had access to electricity. In response to this situation, the Rwandan government recently launched a goal to electrify […]
Benefit fraud, particularly by criminal gangs, costs the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) in the United Kingdom almost £2.1 billion (~$2.6 billion US) in 2016 – a rise of £200 million in just one […]
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